新概念英語第二冊(英音新版) 第22課:玻璃信封

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Lesson 22 A glass envelope
    第二十二課 玻璃信封
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
    How did Jane receive a letter from a stranger?
    Jane是怎么從陌生人那收到信的?
    My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.
    我的女兒簡從未想過會接到荷蘭一位同齡姑娘的來信。
    Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.
    去年,當(dāng)我們橫渡英吉利海峽時,簡把寫有她姓名和住址的一張紙條裝進了一只瓶子,又將瓶子扔進了大海。
    She threw the bottle into the sea.
    此后她就再沒去想那只瓶子。
    She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
    但10個月以后,她收到了荷蘭一位姑娘的來信。
    Both girls write to each other regularly now.
    現(xiàn)在這兩位姑娘定期通信了。
    However, they have decided to use the post office.
    然而她們還是決定利用郵局。
    Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.
    這樣會稍微多花點錢,但肯定是快得多了。